As much as this guy is an unmitigated asshole who would probably be engaged in all the wackiest simoniacal hijinks of the pre-reformation church, were they still an option, I must admit that his behavior has its upsides:

If he were bright enough, or not so consumed by hubris, he'd be a much lower profile target, probably still have the long history of flouting the law and sheltering pedophiles; but that would be a lot of dusty paper and decades-old he said/he said stuff. Interesting to the wonks and the victims and the lawyers, but dry as a dust.

The McPalace, the preening, the insistence on fancy titles, all that, are unlikely to be the worst of his crimes; but they are highly visible, and overtly contrary to any theories of clerical asceticism, humility, etc.

In an ideal world, of course, you wouldn't be faced with bad people; but if that's on the docket, let them be noisily bad, and expensive.

What sholde he studie and make hymselven wood,Upon a book in cloystre alwey to poure,Or swynken with his handes, and laboure,As austyn bit? how shal the world be served? ....His bootes souple, his hors in greet estaat.Now certeinly he was a fair prelaat;He was nat pale as a forpyned goost.A fat swan loved he best of any roost.His palfrey was as broun as is a berye.

That's a fairly roundabout way of saying that tax dollars are paying for this. Especially since, even if the church had to pay taxes, our good friend the Archbishop would have done exactly the same thing.

Should Francis choose to defrock him, there would be no need to incorporate the archbishop's name into my afghan. Besides, most of the available space is already occupied by economic and political oppressors.